Good on you, Nordstrom

mr6275 · 2012-11-03T11:56:06+00:00

The 27th is a Tuesday

skatermario3 · 2012-11-03T13:29:50+00:00

I worked at the Nordstrom espresso bar and every year after Thanksgiving they would ask for volunteers from every department to show up at the butt crack of dawn (with overtime pay) and decorate the entire store in a couple hours. Good company.

Zenaesthetic · 2012-11-03T13:30:22+00:00

I work at Target and we just set out Christmas lights, wrapping paper, ornaments, trees, etc last night.. I hate it because when Christmas actually does roll around I'm already sick to death of it.

blackbird9184 · 2012-11-03T13:40:55+00:00

Canada has Thanksgiving in October, so most places go Christmas crazy the day after Halloween and there's nothing to stop them. I'm not a scrooge, but nobody needs two months of Christmas music.

theytooktomallen · 2012-11-03T14:04:38+00:00

I never understood why Christians never speak out en masse about the profit-maximization of Jesus. The stores rip out their shit as quickly as possible, totally ruin Christmas, and keep track of Christmas sales like it's a game. I'm in my 50's, and I remember that Christmas wasn't mentioned til after Thanksgiving. No songs, no ads, no nothin'. Besides Jesus' message of peace, Christmas was the only thing I liked about Christianity. Now even that is ruined. Geez, next thing you know Christians will be turning their heads away from unjust wars and just putting Support The Troops stickers on their cars like that's a game too.

baaconnn · 2012-11-03T13:24:25+00:00

why post a sign about it?

SpideyIRL · 2012-11-03T13:40:36+00:00

A repost from last year. Go to Nordstorm and take a picture of the updated sign!

tyrantlytamale · 2012-11-03T13:57:52+00:00

2009 called. They want their upvotes back.

SpectralMornings · 2012-11-03T13:38:38+00:00

Still too early.

Classh0le · 2012-11-03T13:41:52+00:00

But it's still November

gsjamian · 2012-11-03T13:16:29+00:00

It always pisses me off when I go into a store in October and they have christmas stuff up. ITS FUCKING OCTOBER!!!!

downbeat57 · 2012-11-03T13:27:57+00:00

Good on you, Nordstrom (marketing team).

HRMurray · 2012-11-03T13:35:25+00:00

God I wish everyone would fucking do this. My city has had its Christmas Lights up and on since before Halloween.

nickdngr · 2012-11-03T13:52:37+00:00

I was in HEB (Texas chain) on Halloween morning, it was like 10a, and already they were putting out Christmas candy and were playing Christmas music over the speakers. I was like "Are you fucking serious? We haven't shot the turkey yet." The worst part was, they didn't have any bags of Halloween candy out/left and I had to run to Wal-Mart (first world pains).

Zagleft · 2012-11-03T13:40:52+00:00

I was in Macy's yesterday and they had Christmas music playing. I had to leave.

columbine · 2012-11-03T14:29:14+00:00

God, who gives a fuck.

Themehmeh · 2012-11-03T13:35:37+00:00

My city already has their downtown Christmas lights lit up.

ms_emerika · 2012-11-03T13:37:29+00:00

I really hope this kind of thing starts catching on every where.

SGMD1 · 2012-11-03T13:39:13+00:00

The Macy's on State Street in Chicago had full blown Christmas decorations up on October 27.

bucsboy47 · 2012-11-03T13:41:44+00:00

I remember seeing this post last year

scottyboy130 · 2012-11-03T13:46:48+00:00

Lets not forget about veterans.

BarackOFlocka · 2012-11-03T13:46:48+00:00

Good Guy Nordstrom.

Indydegrees2 · 2012-11-03T13:47:38+00:00

That's still really, really early.

mysterioussir · 2012-11-03T13:48:02+00:00

Good Guy Nordstrom. Most stores practically started decking the halls in July

astrower · 2012-11-03T13:51:51+00:00

I work at Macy's. Christmas stuff was going up as early as a month ago, and this past week we started playing Christmas music. It makes me hate Christmas because it lasts for so long.

electric_paint · 2012-11-03T13:54:43+00:00

Sounds tough. I've been dealing with Christmas in Michaels Arts and Craft for over a month. I'm actually setting the last Christmas planogram next week.

kore464 · 2012-11-03T14:02:32+00:00

At my place of employment, the Christmas music began this past Thursday (the 1st.) We weren't aware that it was going to start already and when the first song played, there was a synchronized "NOOOOOOOO!" Heard throughout the store.

thatsmycookiebitch · 2012-11-03T14:12:03+00:00

Meanwhile I bought Christmas lights at Target on October 20th.

spook327 · 2012-11-03T14:14:44+00:00

So obviously Nordstrom is WAGING THE WAR ON CHRISTMAS, right?

A_Moist_Towelette · 2012-11-03T14:20:37+00:00

What a low effort post OP, Jesus Herman.

Maccabeus2010 · 2012-11-03T14:21:49+00:00

Nordstrom declares war on Christmas! - Fox News

aron2295 · 2012-11-03T14:24:55+00:00

I really like Nordstrom. They treat me really well. The staff is friendly. They helped me pick out my clothes, gifts, told me about upcoming stuff. Sire they want my money but they make it so easy to give it to them and make me want to come back and give them more. One time when I got a BoA bank account, i learned the hard way checks dont clear for a week. (Guy told me theyd clesr right away) and they let me gracefully know "youre broke, youre SOL". Keep it up Nordstrom. And unlike Macys u guys dont follow me around thinking Im up to no good.

311Natops · 2012-11-03T14:25:11+00:00

Ohhhh!!! This is a blatant example of the War on Christmas! Right? Who’s with me? Who wants to climb up Bullshit Mountain with me? Come on Faux News reporters… where are you? You’re not going to let Nordstrom get away with this are you?

lurker71 · 2012-11-03T14:31:41+00:00

every fucking year this makes it to the top and ever fucking year people are like "omg thats so innovative"

facestabber · 2012-11-03T14:43:48+00:00

Fox News: Nordstrom declares war on Christmas. Has Obama gone too far?

carmadiem56 · 2012-11-03T15:01:27+00:00

Finally! This is such a pet peeve of mine! I was appalled when I was going Halloween Decor shopping and ever craft store I went to already had all their Christmas Decor up! It's not December yet! Let us celebrate each holiday in the MONTH it is celebrated in! Not months ahead of time!!

juusukun · 2012-11-03T15:02:10+00:00

Good Guy Nordstrom, bad guy drop in profits.

Yes, there are zombies out there who want to celebrate xmas in November. Even in the USA with their later harvest and holiday than us Canadians who enjoyed Thanksgiving in October. For us it being mixed with Halloween is natural... since Halloween is not just about the dead or getting candy but the harvest as well!

PascalsLawl · 2012-11-03T15:13:27+00:00

You know what really grinds my gears? Seeing Christmas commercials before Thanksgiving!

no-game · 2012-11-03T13:34:35+00:00

This sign seems really smug.

Allaphon · 2012-11-03T14:04:16+00:00

Good on you, Reposter

so brave

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Most impressive, Nordstrom.	3^coms	26^pts	11^mos	pics
Finally a store getting it right!	70^coms	337^pts	12^mos	funny
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reddiben · 2012-11-03T14:29:51+00:00

I die a little every time I hear a Christmas Carol before December

dcss · 2012-11-03T13:22:29+00:00

Nordstrom has stolen Sainsbury's font.

Cartoonzinho · 2012-11-03T13:32:41+00:00

Why do people care so much about stores decorating for Christmas? I love it. Why don't you just relax.

OrangePrototype · 2012-11-03T13:32:40+00:00

This whole celebrate Christmas early thing is probably a plot from the turkeys.

kickoutthejams · 2012-11-03T13:45:31+00:00

Is it just me, or does the shadow of the person taking the picture look like the shadow of Randy Marsh?!

Zerovarner · 2012-11-03T13:45:34+00:00

Nordstrom just became my favorite company. I hate Christmas simply because it always seems to start a month or two before October.

TheLadyEve · 2012-11-03T13:46:02+00:00

Maybe it's a sign from the future: 2015 where no one lets Thanksgiving and Halloween bleed into Christmas.

white2lite · 2012-11-03T13:50:25+00:00

Good for you Nordstrom. I'm sure the pianist will be playing carols that day.

exorcist72 · 2012-11-03T13:51:08+00:00

I also used to think it was a big deal not to start Christmas until after Thanksgiving. My wife, however, enjoys listening to Christmas music after Halloween, because it makes her think of the entire Thanksgiving/Christmas season. Suddenly it's not such a big deal to me.

charoh · 2012-11-03T13:51:34+00:00

Black Friday is the 23rd. The 27th is not Friday.

ravenbear · 2012-11-03T13:52:09+00:00

Now my favorite department store!

kinkakinka · 2012-11-03T13:53:34+00:00

THere are a bunch of people on Facebook posting about not decorating until Nov 11th "to respect the veterans" (Remembrance Day is Nov 10th) and I find it weird that they think you can't respect/honor veterans with twinkle lights on your house.

whydidisaythatwhy · 2012-11-03T13:56:30+00:00

Oh my God, this is ridiculous déjà vu. I remember this being in the front page a year ago, and the top post pointing out the incorrect date and concluding that the picture was actually taken few years prior. Everything has played out exactly the same. We are predictable people.

I feel like a sheep right now.

NEPwntriots · 2012-11-03T13:58:48+00:00

Unless you're a fucking millionaire. You wont be shopping there.

MrBustos-Riff · 2012-11-03T14:01:28+00:00

As a Canadian ours happened last month

metocin · 2012-11-03T14:08:03+00:00

Glad someone else finds this as annoying as I do! Before Halloween was over on the West Coast, people had already started the "30 days of thanksgiving" crap on Facebook. Some annoying souls are already playing X-mas tunes and putting up their trees.

Also: Why is Thanksgiving any more important than any other holiday? And when did it become more important? Christmas, I get (not that I like it). But why Thanksgiving?

frodolover · 2012-11-03T14:09:38+00:00

well American that's what you get for having Thanksgiving in November :-p. I like having ours in October more of a separation from Christmas

backdora_da_explora · 2012-11-03T14:21:00+00:00

I was imagining Professor Wernstom from Futurama.

H3000 · 2012-11-03T14:24:46+00:00

Holy shit the posting of this picture is becoming a holiday tradition in and of itself.

Fraude · 2012-11-03T14:34:20+00:00

Fun fact about Nordstom: They will let you return anything for a refund. Without a receipt. Even if they don't sell the product at their store.

My marketing teacher told us a oft told story in business school about a guy who walked in with 4 used tires. He said he bought them from the store that used to be there. They asked how much he paid for them, apologized that he was unhappy with them, and refunded his money.

As I recall, many students have since tested it and never been turned away.

electromagnetic_ice · 2012-11-03T14:35:53+00:00

Over the last two years I have become a fan of Nordstrom. It's the service, the people who work there honestly want to help you, they don't look pissed that they are working retail. And prices (for some things) aren't terrible. I got a pair of shoes resoled, 50 bux. They did a GREAT job, I thought that was pretty reasonable. And they'll shine them for $2.50. For Xmas, I want a GC to Nordstroms.

THE_TIMES · 2012-11-03T14:39:39+00:00

1st December, no earlier.

dfrehil · 2012-11-03T14:40:11+00:00

That's still too early.

December 1st.

pterodactylia · 2012-11-03T14:43:09+00:00

Oh hey. This is the top pic on reddit... For the hundredth time.

Oh_Ma_Gawd · 2012-11-03T14:44:12+00:00

Maybe it's an old picture.

wearethesee · 2012-11-03T14:46:33+00:00

I quickly read this and saw "Nostradamus". So I thought this was some type of prediction. I'm dumb today...

John_Barleycorn · 2012-11-03T14:49:52+00:00

The funny thing about all of this hatred of early Christmas music on Reddit is that I started seeing Halloween costumes being posted here in September.

mokba · 2012-11-03T14:52:22+00:00

Good on OP for being original

IDownloadedACarAMA · 2012-11-03T14:53:10+00:00

Saw the title before the thumbnail loaded and knew exactly what it was going to be... I need a new hobby

Weldeon · 2012-11-03T14:54:12+00:00

Here in Alabama we start up the Christmas system in mid-October.

SUTHbeats · 2012-11-03T14:54:27+00:00

I hate it as much as the next guy but Christmas is just so damn profitable how can you blame them?

davelevenson · 2012-11-03T14:54:29+00:00

Here is their poster from last year

ripewdecay · 2012-11-03T14:55:35+00:00

Michaels needs to take note.

TheBluePanda · 2012-11-03T14:56:21+00:00

Every fucking year I have to see this posted.

jojidubi4 · 2012-11-03T14:57:35+00:00

Nordstrom has earned my trust

ExplosiveCherry · 2012-11-03T15:01:54+00:00

Good guy Nordstrom?

bustedt0ez · 2012-11-03T15:02:48+00:00

reposts are annoying...

tehgreatist · 2012-11-03T15:04:00+00:00

its fucking ridiculous how much christmas stuff is out already

namsor · 2012-11-03T15:05:04+00:00

Every year, you guys post this. EVERY YEAR!

TheFerretman · 2012-11-03T15:05:51+00:00

MAN I wish more stores would do this!

Good job Nordstrom's!

berrydrunk · 2012-11-03T15:08:47+00:00

Also, don't forget that Nordstrom is not pandering for the last dollar in your wallet like the discounters (Wal-Mart, Kohls, etc.) are. A place where you spend $200+ on jeans doesn't need to pad their bottom line with the kind of volume Wal-Mart needs to push out the door every year.

Black_Apalachi · 2012-11-03T15:10:05+00:00

So fucking brave. At least try waiting until the actual month of December.

abbytegnelia · 2012-11-03T15:10:07+00:00

I don't care if it was 1997 -- I'd love to see it blasted everywhere as I reminder and to encourage more stores to do this!

Badlay · 2012-11-03T15:11:15+00:00

ive seen this every year for a few years

itsmuddy · 2012-11-03T15:11:23+00:00

I may be the only one but now that I have my own house I want to start decorating for Christmas early.

felicityrc · 2012-11-03T15:11:25+00:00

YAY!

jakdak · 2012-11-03T15:15:39+00:00

Looking at you Starbucks.

xfcanadian · 2012-11-03T15:16:16+00:00

I worked retail for almost 5 years. I would like to present to you a couple of reasons why christmas stuff goes up at the beginning of november.

christmas is the biggest shopping event of the year, most retailers make the most money
gives customers lots of time by running christmas promos longer, ESPECIALLY with hot items, i sold gaming
it takes a lot of time and background work to set up all the christmas merch, it would be horrible to just do it for a month, takes a lot of planning and resets. My company always had different christmas merch standards, everything had to be redone
we needed to start planning boxing day by at least early, mid december...all the christmas stuff needs to be rolling by then.
it works, putting up decorations and music has an almost instant affect on traffic

I can`t wait to not be cracked out of my mind and actually get to relax on christmas...i used to start work at 3 am on boxing day, after working all december and including christmas eve until around 9pm

agent0range · 2012-11-03T15:18:06+00:00

Prince buys his basketball clothes there

anotherbrainstew · 2012-11-03T15:20:15+00:00

Good Job reddit, good job upvoting this old ass picture to the front page like its new content

SavinThatBacon · 2012-11-03T15:22:58+00:00

As a Kohl's associate who had to start listening to Frosty the Snowman on Christmas night... I wish more places were like this.

Fyrus · 2012-11-03T15:23:20+00:00

Why does everyone always have their panties in a wad about Christmas decorations?

mumyork · 2012-11-03T15:23:34+00:00

Reposted EVERY FUCKING YEAR

CoffeeHead112 · 2012-11-03T15:26:11+00:00

Is there any statistical data that shows having Xmas decorations up early causes more profit? Why do most stores start so early?

MattBD · 2012-11-03T15:26:42+00:00

I sometimes envy Americans having Thanksgiving a few weeks before Christmas. I'm in the UK and there's basically bugger-all after Halloween, so we often get two solid months of Christmas stuff up. I think we need a public holiday in November of our own.

PsiRedEye22 · 2012-11-03T15:26:56+00:00

Natick, ma store 531 here. Yes, we still hold holiday setups until the day after thanksgiving.

DMV_line12 · 2012-11-03T15:31:31+00:00

I think this is a good time to say "Merica' "

ryandaily · 2012-11-03T15:33:16+00:00

Sew brave.

chasemanwew · 2012-11-03T15:35:52+00:00

Whoa that's my birthday... It's a Tuesday

zjaws88 · 2012-11-03T15:39:31+00:00

I run a retail store and I can tell you---Pandora only has so many Xmas songs... By December 4th I want to rip my ears off.

SirSandGoblin · 2012-11-03T15:41:12+00:00

so brave not putting up christmas decorations until november

DocObvious · 2012-11-03T15:47:37+00:00

I'm an atheist(there, i said it), and i still do enjoy christmas. it really is the one, single time of year i see ALL my family. it's nice.

bermyWHAT · 2012-11-03T15:47:52+00:00

I FUCKING LOVE CHRISTMAS. And we don't celebrate American thanksgiving. So the shop I work at starts putting out Xmas stuff on the 2nd of November but we don't put up the lights and the tree until the 1st of December

(Although I personally celebrate Sinterklaas on the 5th of December so literally the entire month of December is AWESOME)

HiddenText · 2012-11-03T15:49:10+00:00

You're not supposed to put up decorations until the 13th of December anyway.

Put them up 12 days before, and take them down before the 6th of January, 12 days after.

uglypeoplesex · 2012-11-03T15:51:33+00:00

Nordstrom is the pinnacle of outstanding customer service. I have written more than one letter to managers commending the service I have received from Nordstrom employees.

Mrs_Howell · 2012-11-03T15:59:40+00:00

As a Canadian we celebrate Thanksgiving in October so I really just turn a blind eye to all the Christmas jazz that crops up November 1. I would be GRUMPY that Christmas is trying to fuck with my Thanksgiving if I was American-- one holiday at a time people. Let's enjoy the seasons for pity sake. No rush. Sloooooow dooooooown.

b00ks · 2012-11-03T16:10:53+00:00

Definitely a few years old.

Alice_600 · 2012-11-03T16:37:10+00:00

This really doesn't bother me, decorations and Christmas music. I just don't let it bother me. It's all just cardboard colored green and red that's all.

TheAmbiguityBuster · 2012-11-03T17:13:54+00:00

Why the hell does everybody care so much if Christmas decorations go up early? I fucking love Christmas music and decorations. For me, the decorations can't go up early enough... I wish they were up all year.

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